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Oscar Homolka

1898 - 1978

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Oskar Homolka (12 August 1898 – 27 January 1978) was an Austrian film and theatre actor, who went on to work in Germany, Britain and the United States. Both his voice and his appearance fitted him for roles as communist spies or Soviet officials, for which he was in regular demand. By the age of 30, he had appeared in more than 400 plays; his film career covered at least 100 films and TV shows. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in I Remember Mama (1948). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Homolka is the 1,608th most popular actor (up from 5,186th in 2019), the 462nd most popular biography from Austria (up from 930th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Austrian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Oscar Homolka ranks 1,608 out of 13,578. Before him are Ben Johnson, John Noble, Na Moon-hee, Scott Adkins, Tuncel Kurtiz, and Simone Simon. After him are Lea Thompson, Miguel Ferrer, Valeria Golino, Vera Farmiga, Martha Scott, and Karen Allen.

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Among people born in 1898, Oscar Homolka ranks 94. Before him are Fyodor Kuznetsov, Leon Štukelj, Hans Globke, Lotte Lenya, Kang Sheng, and Desanka Maksimović. After him are Piero Sraffa, Karl Mauss, Elazar Shach, Ferenc Plattkó, Ernst Wollweber, and Joseph Kessel. Among people deceased in 1978, Oscar Homolka ranks 80. Before him are Viggo Brun, Pancho Vladigerov, Gaston Julia, Samuel Goudsmit, José Manuel Moreno, and Burt Munro. After him are Karl Lennart Oesch, Salvador de Madariaga, Armin T. Wegner, Luigi Allemandi, Charles Eames, and Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Oscar Homolka ranks 462 out of 1,424. Before him are Hans Gross (1847), Ivan Šubašić (1892), Gaston Glock (1929), Johann Nestroy (1801), Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638), and Shlomo Sand (1946). After him are Agnes of Austria (1281), Karl Nehammer (1972), Elisabeth von Gutmann (1875), Carlo Abarth (1908), Hans Krása (1899), and Carl Schlechter (1874).

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Among ACTORS In Austria

Among actors born in Austria, Oscar Homolka ranks 18. Before him are Senta Berger (1941), Helene Weigel (1900), Christine Kaufmann (1945), Mizzi Kaspar (1864), Lotte Lenya (1898), and Marisa Mell (1939). After him are Wolf Albach-Retty (1906), Tobias Moretti (1959), Bernhard Wicki (1919), Barbara Valentin (1940), Ferdinand Raimund (1790), and Karl Markovics (1963).

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